EU mergers and takeovers (May 15) =2
MAY 16
-- Autogrill SpA (AGL.MI) of Italy, which sells food, beverages and retail travel services, buys World Duty Free Ltd, a British retailer of travel services (notified April 7/deadline May 16)
MAY 19
-- U.S. electronic components company Arrow Electronics (ARW.N) buys French IT products company Logix (notified April 8/deadline May 19)
MAY 20
-- Rewe Grossflaechengesellschaft, a unit of German daily consumer goods company Rewe Gruppe, acquires control of the whole of German cash and carry markets Fegro/Selgros, which operate mainly in Germany, Poland and Romania (notified April 9/deadline May 20/simplified)
-- German vinyl producer SolVin and Russian petrochemical products producer OJSC Sibur (SBLSI.RTS) buy Russian caustic soda and polyvinyl chloride producer OOO RusVinyl (notified April 9/deadline May 20/simplified)
MAY 22
-- Sofinco, a Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA) subsidiary that specialises in consumer credit, buys Italian consumer credit company Agos (notified April 11/deadline May 22/simplified)
MAY 26
-- German engineering company Robert Bosch [ROBG.UL] and German automotive components company Mahle GmbH acquire joint control of Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems, a maker of exhaust gas turbochargers (notified April 15/deadline May 26)
